Spider Cave

"Slow down, slow down, be careful not to fall."

Luo Chen, Andre, the police officer, and the guard in charge of this tunnel were groping their way inside the tunnel bit by bit.

The tunnels here are completely different from modern train tunnels. There is no need to lay a layer of rails at the bottom. Instead, a hole is dug in the middle of the mountain to allow suspended trains to pass through. This also causes weeds to grow in the cave, making it very difficult to walk.

Gravel, weeds, and mud from the rain the night before... Luo Chen had just carefully avoided a large, strange-shaped rock when he saw a layer of shiny stuff on the back of the rock.

"Huh?" She squatted down and observed for a while, then picked up a little with her finger and felt a strange sticky and tough touch: "Is it a spider web?"

In a cave like this that has been dark and without sunlight for many years, it is not uncommon to find spider webs.

Luo Chen casually flicked his fingers to stick the spider web to the grass beside him, and just as he stood up to leave, the scene he had seen before suddenly replayed in his mind.

In the hazy darkness, a more pure blackness suddenly rose from a corner. The black shadow turned over and fell down with extraordinary agility, rushing straight towards an unsuspecting passenger!

That dark shadow...

Luo Tan tried hard to think and recall, and finally, the shape of the black shadow gradually became clear in her mind -

[Why do I feel that the black shadow that appeared in the train has eight claws? ]

The other three people paused in their footsteps, and they kept recalling in their minds which beings had eight claws.

An interstellar monster recently exhibited at the Metropolitan Star Zoo appears to have eight claws.

No, no, that monster is under strict defense in the capital planet, it is impossible for it to come here.

Uh, I seem to have heard recently that due to serious pollution, fish at the seaside have also grown several foot-like parts around their tails.

No, no, this is a cave. Even if a fish has legs, it is still a fish. It cannot run to the shore. It is not a mermaid! Even if it is a mermaid, it would not be so desperate as to climb up the mountain!

While they were thinking hard, they heard at the same time -

[It can't be a spider, right? But how can a spider grow so big? ]

Police: Spider? What is that? The name sounds scary.

Andre pondered and dug out a vague impression from his mind. In the popular science series on ancient animals that he read when he was a child, an illustration on one page showed a furry arthropod with dense patterns lying on a dense web. It is said that this small arthropod called "spider" is on the verge of extinction because it cannot adapt to the ecological environment of the interstellar.

How could a small, endangered creature be lurking in this cave and attacking tourists?

As they went deeper, the path in the cave became increasingly muddy, but what was even more disturbing was that it seemed too quiet here.

There was no sound of birds chirping or insects chewing grass; only the sound of their footsteps and the rustling of their clothes.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the leading police officer finally saw a ray of light emanating from the cave entrance. He said excitedly: "We are at the other end! It seems that there is nothing in this cave, no monsters or beasts. I was really scared walking all the way here just now. Fortunately, we are safe..."

At this moment, Luo Tan suddenly noticed something unusual in the system!

She quickly clicked on the rapidly flashing red dot.

The location indicated by the warning was exactly the cave they were in!

Luo Tan's heart instantly rose. She saw——

[Ahhhh what is this! A giant spider is shooting down from above! ]

When the police officer heard this, without thinking, a sense of fear ran straight down from his head. Almost the next second, he felt a strong wind coming from the side!

Thanks to the prophecy, he barely avoided the attack that almost killed him. He opened his eyes and looked, only to see a gigantic monster about three meters tall appear where he was originally. The monster had eight thick arthropod legs covered with countless hairs like steel needles, almost like a steel helmet and armor.

Is this a spider?

In the gap of a ten-thousandth of a second when he was stunned, the giant spider's pair of black round eyes rolled around and then locked onto him.

The police officer felt a chill in his heart, and the chill in his heart reached its peak in an instant.

At this point, after several retreats, the police officers were already close to the cave entrance, and the distance below was no less than a bottomless abyss.

On the back of the spider were the remaining three people who had not yet been discovered by it.

The spider's huge body was like a wall, isolating the four of them strictly.

Am I about to fall?

He thought almost in despair.

It seems there is no other choice.

His Royal Highness Wang Chu is of noble status and must not be harmed here.

Miss Luo Tan possesses magical powers. For the sake of the overall situation, she must not die here.

The moment he looked into the spider's eyes, he felt that the spider was about to attack.

Once it launches an attack, he will have no way to retreat and will only die.

The only solution now is...

As he made up his mind, he saw the spider's fat abdomen spit out several white silk threads towards him. He had no way to avoid it and didn't want to avoid it anymore. Instead, he went straight for it and grabbed the spider's two thickest thighs. He was about to jump back and disappear into the tunnel entrance with the spider.

At this critical moment, he heard Luo Chen's voice and his inner voice at the same time: "Spiders are afraid of strong light, shine the flashlight into its eyes!"

The conditioned reflex at that moment was at the biological level. At the last moment when he was close to the edge of the cave, he turned on the flashlight he used to explore the way!

The spider immediately dodged to the side, and its eight legs scraped the ground fiercely, making an unpleasant and harsh friction sound. Its body tilted, as if it let out a silent scream, and then quickly hid in the shadows on the side.

Luo Tan and Andre took this opportunity to bypass the giant spider blocking the road and ran to the cave entrance.

One of the policeman's feet was still in the tunnel, while the other foot had already slipped under the tunnel. He held on to a gradually loosening stone with his hands, and the next second, a strong hand pulled him up.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" the police officer said gratefully.

Andre waved his hand and pointed at Luo Chen: "She is the one you should thank the most."

The police officer showed a look of admiration on his face: "You are really knowledgeable. I have never heard of spiders before, but you know that they are afraid of light."

Luo Tan was a little embarrassed, so he touched his nose and said nonsense: "I am just guessing. Most creatures living in the dark probably have this characteristic."

Little did she know that after she said this, the police's admiration for her rose to a new level -

How could he be worthy enough to work with such a colleague who is both foresighted and able to reason!

Some colleagues are dedicated to tearing people down, but these colleagues can save your life at the critical moment!

Although the police officer survived the disaster and was pulled up, he still had a lot of wounds on his body. The tunnel guard took out the ointment he carried with him and wiped it for him, saying ashamedly: "It's really strange. I often come here for patrol and maintenance, but I have never seen such a big monster."

The police officer waved his hands and said, "Maybe they just migrated here from some uninhabited area recently. It's not your fault. Thanks to your guidance, we were able to explore the cave smoothly today."

Speaking of spiders, Luo Tan went around to the shadows to the side to look at the huge spider.

The huge spider was stuck in the shadows, motionless, but still looking very ferocious.

"Did you just attack it?" she turned to the officer.

Police officer: "Attack? Maybe? I just grabbed its two legs. Maybe I used too much force and caused it to be seriously injured? Or did the strong light have the effect of dazzling the spider?"

Luo Chen observed carefully and found two tear marks on the spider's front legs, with a little green blood flowing out.

The system did not update the predicted content in time. The screen still showed the scene of the spider jumping down and hurting people, but the red dot on the map continued to flash.

This made her feel vaguely uneasy.

"Look, what is that?"

Right next to the spider's body, under the illumination of the flashlight, a corridor suddenly appeared. It was neither too wide nor too high, just enough for a big spider to pass through.

"It won't come from that direction, right?"

The police officer stroked his chin and said with certainty: "No wonder those trains were suddenly attacked in the dark. We just walked all the way here and didn't find this secret passage. It seems that it has been hiding there and doing evil and sneak attacks?"

He suggested, "Why don't you go take a look? We are already here."

Andre looked disapproving. "This is most likely a spider's nest. We have no idea what kind of danger we might encounter inside. I suggest that we stop exploring here for now. Let's go back to get support first, and then come back to catch them all in one fell swoop."

As soon as Wang Chu said this, the picture in Luo Tan's system changed. She looked closely and sighed in her heart the next second:

【It’s not bad to go back. 】

Andre just showed a relieved look on his face, but the next second he heard——

[We can call it a day now! The next time we come here, let alone spiders, there won’t even be a single fly or mosquito here. The entire tunnel has been blown through! I wonder which god came up with this method of destroying corpses and traces!]

In the scene she had predicted, everyone in the team that had just been formed had their eyes wide open, and they all looked in that direction—

The tunnel entrance was filled with smoke, and with a loud "boom", the mountain surrounding the tunnel collapsed in half in an instant, and the rolling rubble crushed several rows of trees.

Luo Tan smiled and asked expectantly, "Then shall we go back?"

"Uh..." The police officer looked at Luo Tan, then at Wang Chu, and his eyes shifted back and forth between the two of them. He looked anxious but at a loss as to what to say.

Andrei held his forehead and said nonchalantly, "Forget it. If you want to cut the weeds, you must remove the roots. Since we are here, we might as well go in and take a look."

Luo Tan said "Oh" and was a little disappointed. He could only complain in his heart:

[Now that we are here, this is a perfect flag! 】

The police officer and Wang Chu were walking in front and they both slipped at the same time.

Although they didn't know what flag meant, they could guess that it was probably not a good word!

Andre turned his head, his brows were calm and he looked very reliable. He said, "If you are afraid, you can hold my hand."

He thought that Luo Tan wanted to go back just now probably because he was a little scared.

Luo Tan: "...That's not necessary. I'm afraid we might see something weird and one of us might stumble and fall. That would be terrible."

Andre: "..." He didn't insist anymore.

They walked forward a short distance along the corridor. Unlike the previous cave, this place was not illuminated by sunlight. Instead, it became darker as they went deeper. If the leading police officer had not held a flashlight in his hand, they would hardly be able to see the back of the person walking in front of them.

As Luo Tan was walking, he felt another hand on his arm.

I've already refused, why do you still want to act on your own?

She said to Wang Chu in front of her: "I'm not afraid, thank you, but you don't have to support me!"

But the hand still did not let go.

Luo Chen was about to shake him off without giving him face when he heard Andre's voice, which seemed to come from three or four meters away. The voice was full of surprise: "What did you say?"

Luo Tan felt a chill in his heart.

The hand did not belong to Andre.

So, what is that on her arm?

All of a sudden, she felt a violent pulling force on her arm.

【Ahhhhhhh!】When people are truly scared, they cannot make any sound.

The leading police officer turned around instantly, and the dim light of her flashlight illuminated the scene beside her——

Resting on her arm was a hairy spider leg.

She looked up and was met with a pair of spider eyes as cold as glass beads.